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W 14 15 1 MW 46*1 11 WAN Request for Council Action Item Number-, 10.a Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section 0 It Item Description'. PRESUMPTIVE PENAOY APPROVAL 114 .,VATLTNI'S ALCOHOL LICENSE SUSPENSION MIRX""11611le On June 4,, 2007, all businesses with a liquor license in the City of Roseville were mailed a letter from the Roseville Police Department announcing two alcohol compliance checks would be conducted before the end of th-e year. Also in the letter were materials for an optional manager/server training program and a list of City of Roseville approved training programs. Proof of the completed training by all employees selling or serving alcobol had to be submitted to the Roseville Police Department by or on July 6, 2007. On August 18, 2007, a Roseville Police Officer, along with an underage buyer, entered Davanni's to conduct an alcohol compliance check. The underage buyer approached the cashier and ordered a bottle of Bud Light beer. The cashier asked the underage buyer for ID and the underage buyer provided the cashier with his real MN Driver's License with the words, "Under 21," stamped on the license. The cashier took the license, looked at it, and gave it back to the underage purchaser. The cashier then sold the underage buyer a bottle of Bud Light. The cashier was issued a citation on scene and released. Davanni's did participate in an optional manager/server training program and has two documented failures with the Roseville Police Department—one in 2001 and a second in 2005. On August 13, 2007, the City Council heard all the evidence presented and proposed to impose the presumptive penalty for a second offense for an establishment that does participate in Roseville's optional manager/server training program on a one day suspension and a $500.00 fine. The Police Chief made the determinati'on the suspension of Da. vanni's liquor license would be November 2, 2007. Sergeant Marshall completed a letter of notice to Davanni's with the Council's decision!, the fine and date of suspension, and information on requesting a hearing. This letter was hand delivered to Davanni's by a Roseville Community Service Officer (CS O). Davanni's did not respond to the letter.